Three Summer Holiday Decorations Just For The Kids

The summer holidays are landmarks in a child's life. While the freedom, fun and warm weather already give summer its special glow, you can enhance your kids' summertime experiences with summer holiday decorations that enhance their creativity, foster quality time together and leave them with a tangible reminder.

Decorative Pinwheels-

These lively summertime decorations are sure to brighten up your yard. Making your own pinwheels is a simple craft that even young children can enjoy. Alternatively, you can let your kids choose their favorites from a home and garden supplier. Place the pinwheels along the edges of flower beds or around the yard. Experiment together to find the placement that best catches the wind.

Birdhouses-

Building or painting a wooden birdhouse is a classic summer activity. Buy and assemble a birdhouse craft kit or, for a quicker craft, simply purchase a finished but unpainted wooden birdhouse. By letting the kids paint their own birdhouse with their favorite colors or patterns, they'll have a blast. Older kids may want to paint their birdhouses with a theme to create a "bird castle," a rocket or a tiny house with windows and a picket fence painted on. They can create birdhouses for the Fourth of July, painted like their favorite sports team or even for birthdays to create summertime decorations that are truly memorable.

Barbecue Decorations-

Backyard cookouts can provide some of the most lasting summertime memories. Help your kids get into the action by letting them decorate the yard when you're going to have a barbecue, whether it's just a family affair or a big event with friends and neighbors.

A tiki party is one easy theme. Buy tiki torches and let your kids help plant them along a walkway. Cut out and decorate tiki masks as a favor for your guests' children. If you've got time, you can even create paper-mache tiki faces to decorate with. Cover a big box or bucket in layers of paper-mache mixture, molding noses other facial features as you go. After the face is dried, use paint to decorate it.

Another theme is a Chinese dragon festival. Use paper lanterns, dragon masks and a bucket of store-bought fortune cookies. Kids may also enjoy creating flags for a Fourth of July party, flower necklaces (leis) for a Hawaiian luau or even whimsical decorations like paper trees and tiny polystyrene snowmen for a Christmas in June theme. All it takes is a little out-of-the-box thinking, a little time and some inexpensive supplies and your kids can make summer holiday decorations that are not only fun, but will be memorable forever.

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